Four ethnic armed groups in Myanmar have expressed willingness to sign a nationwide ceasefire accord (NCA) with the government, according to a joint press release of the groups on Tuesday.
The decision of the four groups — the Kayin National Union (KNU), the Democratic Kayin Buddhist Army (DKBA), the Kayin National Liberation Army - Peace Council (KNLA-PC) and the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) — have raised the prospect of signing the NCA.
There have been 15 ethnic armed groups negotiating with the government on the ceasefire deal since 2013.
In the ninth round of peace talks in Yangon between the government's Union Peace-Making Work Committee (UPWC) and the Senior Delegation (SD) of the ethnic armed groups, which ended on Aug. 6, the two sides were able to finalize the draft NCA, except the matter of inviting all other armed groups to take part in the signing of the peace deal.
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